The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio has said he was at the National Assembly to seek harmonious working relationship between his Ministry and the lawmakers.
Addressing reporters during a courtesy visit to the Clerk of the National Assembly, he said: “I am here to congratulate the acting CNA for his elevation and of course to solicit the continuous cooperation of the National Assembly towards the development of the Niger Delta region.
“In any case, I am a senator, so seeing me in the National Assembly should not be a surprise; as a former Minority Leader of the Senate and a distinguished senator, I believe I am a senator for life.
“Nobody will refer to me as Governor Akpabio, they will always refer to me as Senator Akpabio so this is home coming for me.
“The National Assembly is supposed to resume today but it had been postponed and I had intended that as soon as the resumption takes place, I will be here as part of my effort to support the President’s decision that there must be a much more cordial relationship between the Executive and the Legislature.”
After leaving the Senate building, the Minister entered a close- door meeting with Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, the House Committee Chairman on NDDC; Clerk to National Assembly, Amos Olatunde Ojo; Spokesman of House of Representatives Benjamin Kalu in the chairman’s office in suite 3.10 for over two hours.